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[PATCH] package-vc--build-documentation: Fix relative @include statements

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Message #65 received at 63337 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 63337 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, joseph <at> breatheoutbreathe.in
Subject: Re: bug#63337: [PATCH] package-vc--build-documentation: Fix
 relative @include statements
Date: Fri, 12 May 2023 07:35:16 +0000

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
>> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  63337 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> Date: Fri, 12 May 2023 06:51:19 +0000
>> 
>> One issue I still notice in this case is that if the file doesn't exist,
>> the issue is raised by `insert-file-contents' which aborts the entire
>> installation.  Does checking the existence of the file, and continuing
>> on if this is not the case make sense:
>
> If the file's (non)existence is the problem, then checking that up
> front is an okay solution, IMO.  Are there any downsides to doing that?

One might not notice that there was an issue with the package
specification, since a number of messages are usually generated when
installing a package.  But I agree that this sounds better than not
being able to install the package at all (as is currently the case with
org-transclusion).

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